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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / December 2003Starting out in flying choppers?
I was involved in model rocketry a while back, but now that I am in Taiwan, I cant fly any model rockets here, only bottle rockets and they are no fun after a while... anyways I found several model shops that sells helicopters and I was wondering how hard is it to fly one? am I better off with airplanes or something? dont want to sink like 600+ dollars into something thats going to crash.... Ask the hobby shop or find some local club & ask questions.Heli flying is expensive & you'll expec to crash then rebuild.$600 is nothing.A drop in the bucket! > I was involved in model rocketry a while back, but now that I am in Taiwan, > I cant fly any model rockets here, only bottle rockets and they are no fun > after a while... anyways I found several model shops that sells helicopters > and I was wondering how hard is it to fly one? am I better off with > airplanes or something? dont want to sink like 600+ dollars into something > thats going to crash.... dont want to sink like 600+ dollars into something > thats going to crash.... LOL!!! Planes, helicopters, whatever boy, you put it in the air...it's gonna crash some day!! Helicopters eat cash faster than planes but give immense satisfaction. Aeroplanes eat cash slower, thats for sure. Both are highly addictive but Helis are seriously very addictive. You can fly helis in less space than planes. David >Subject: Starting out in flying choppers? >From: "tai fu" deadfisheaters@hotmail.com [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >airplanes or something? dont want to sink like 600+ dollars into something >thats going to crash.... Probably best not to bother then... if you aren't 100% committed to flying a helicopter before you have even bought one, then you lack the enthusiasm that will carry you through the difficult learning process. When you wake up with the overwhelming desire to hover, when you measure 'good' and 'bad' days by whether you have had a flying session or not, and when you worry about how much the dentist is going to cost, but spend money on heli spares without a second thought, then you are ready to visit the model shop...... > Probably best not to bother then... if you aren't 100% committed to flying a > helicopter before you have even bought one, then you lack the enthusiasm that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > spares without a second thought, then you are ready to visit the model > shop...... This learning to hover stuff is real hard! I wish it was as easy as the flight instructor makes it look on the flight sim. Xrxs > This learning to hover stuff is real hard! I wish it was as easy as the > flight instructor makes it look on the flight sim. > > Xrxs It will be, just keep at it. One of these next days the tail in hover will seem as easy as tying your shoes. It will then be the loop or the roll or the inverted hover that has you bugged. It will always be something, that's what's so dang neat about the heli's!!! Enjoy the learning process, -Mark Yes. It all does come in time. I'm trying nose in hover now and it's HARD!!! Fortunately the weather is not too cold in Cincinnati. Dave P > > This learning to hover stuff is real hard! I wish it was as easy as the > > flight instructor makes it look on the flight sim. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -Mark I used to live in Northside until a year ago. Have some Skyline for me please and maybe stop at Pizza Tower for a pizza? :) Xrxs > Yes. It all does come in time. I'm trying nose in hover now and it's HARD!!! > Fortunately the weather is not too cold in Cincinnati. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > -Mark I don't live too far from Pizza Tower, Loveland. I think I went there once a long time ago. Dave P > I used to live in Northside until a year ago. Have some Skyline for me > please and maybe stop at Pizza Tower for a pizza? :) [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > > > -Mark -- David F. Pinella, AeroLogic www.aerologic.com Hence the problem with living in Cincy. Too much road time to go anywhere. While interested in RC at that time, I never flew because I didn't want to deal with the politics at the field. Flying was much nicer when I lived less then 1/2 mile from WPAFB. > I don't live too far from Pizza Tower, Loveland. I think I went there once a > long time ago. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > Xrxs <snip> > This learning to hover stuff is real hard! I wish it was as easy as > the flight instructor makes it look on the flight sim. > > Xrxs I really struggled with hovering on the sim (RealFlight G2), then after about a "proper" gallon through my Raptor, the training hoop came off and now I wonder what the fuss was about! Still a long way to go mind and I haven't even tried "nose-in" stuff yet... I think the key is not to overcontrol the heli. When I first started on the sim (and model), I was using huge amounts of cyclic and the model was all over the place. After "desensitising" the cyclic by using some exponential on the transmitter and the dual rate function (to reduce the cyclic travel), things got a lot better. As I got to grips with it, I gradually increased the travel on the "reduced" rate and now hover with minimal control inputs. Also, for me at least, fitting a governor made a HUGE difference. My throttle curve was way off and the governor sorted that out straightaway. Now, I have managed to set up a reasonable curve so that I can fly with or without the governor, though I find it MUCH easier (and more satisfying) with it switched on. (Purists may feel that fitting a governor is the easy option, but I'm in this hobby to enjoy myself, not to prove to the world that I can master an RC heli!) Practice, practice, practice and also try and have an aim each time you go out and fly, something new to try, even if it's just "hovering" from A to B and back again. Enjoy yourself, Tim $600??? try more like $2000 > I was involved in model rocketry a while back, but now that I am in Taiwan, > I cant fly any model rockets here, only bottle rockets and they are no fun > after a while... anyways I found several model shops that sells helicopters > and I was wondering how hard is it to fly one? am I better off with > airplanes or something? dont want to sink like 600+ dollars into something > thats going to crash.... $600 will get you a decent radio > $600??? try more like $2000 > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > airplanes or something? dont want to sink like 600+ dollars into something > > thats going to crash.... |
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